"Don't think I didn't hear that missy!" Elmira said, pointing a finger at Francine. Elmira turned to Buddy and shook a finger at him saying, "And don't you think that I don't know how to report you to the mayor if you take on step out of line!"

Francine stepped in front of Buddy.

"Leave Buddy out of this Aunt Elmira. We are discussing my failure as a family member of yours, not Buddy's." she said, defending her friend.

"Yeah!" Buddy said, "It's not her fault that you work her long hours of the day and think she didn't do anything! I bet she even does more then you do!"

Upon hearing this, Francine stepped on Buddy's foot as a warning not to say anything else. He groaned in pain, but said nothing else. Elmira looked at the both of them.

"Oh really?" Elmira asked.

"Totally!" Buddy said. This gave him another step on the foot, this time much, much harder. As a result, he yelped in pain.

"I think it's time you shut up now Buddy." Francine said with clenched teeth.

"Aunt Elmira, let Francine off for the rest of the day. She HAS worked hard (not as hard as you do of course), and I don't mind doing the rest of her work." Ian said, stepping into the conversation.

"Please stay out of this Ian Arneson." Francine warned, turning her gaze to Elmira for a second.

Ian shrugged and said, "You're my cousin. I have to defend you sometime."

Everyone looked at Elmira for several second until she made her decision.

"Fine, you can go. But you better get up EARLIER tomorrow morning though."

Francine was instantly amazed at her luck.

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